Post * kJYPm — Curious Curator

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TIL that the trench coat was developed by Burberry for WW1 combat

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40r5 TIL that women with high levels of toxoplasmosis antibodies were significantly more likely to have baby boys than baby girls. In most populations, the birth rate is around 51% boys, but women infected by this cat parasite had up to a 72% chance of a boy.

p8x78 TIL The Cheesecake Factory menu is 5,940 words long. The company has the extensive menu as a selling point and driver of word-of-mouth advertising. Researchers D. Godes and D. Mayzlin found that a single conversation by a new customer leads to an almost $200 increase in restaurant sales.

Zpp7G TIL Described as the first iced coffee, the Mazagran was named for the beverage that French colonial troops consumed during the 1840 siege of the Mazagran fortress in Algeria. Troops prepared the coffee syrup with water in the absence of milk or brandy and drank it cold to counter the heat.

W7ADB TIL Dorodango is a traditional Japanese childhood hobby of polishing balls of mud into glossy shiny spheres. Mythbusters used the technique to bust the myth that one "can't polish a turd" and created highly glossy lion & ostrich dung balls

LBXv TIL: the IRS seized $33,000 from the checking account of a cash-only restaurant owner because she had deposited less than $10,000 at a time, which they viewed as an attempt to avoid triggering a required government report.